Amy Dong On July 14, Prime Minister Boris Johnson made the decision to ban the purchase of Huawei equipment from its 5G wireless network project. The ban comes amid political…
Los Angeles and San Diego Schools to Go Online-Only in the Fall
Alina Dang Last Monday, the school districts in Los Angeles and San Diego announced that school in the fall would be online-only. Right now, the two largest public school districts…
As US Cases Hit 3.5 Million, Officials Scramble to Add Restrictions
Jonathan Xu The United States’ situation with the coronavirus has only gone downhill recently. The CDC has reported that yesterday (Wednesday, July 15th) had over 67,300 new cases in the…
Trump replaces campaign manager following dwindling poll numbers
Amy Dong On July 15, Trump replaced his reelection campaign manager, Brad Parscale, with former deputy campaign manager Bill Stepien. The decision follows a dwindling standing in the national polls…
Sara Gideon wins nomination for seat in Senate, challenging Collins
Brianna Zhang On Tuesday, Sara Gideon, the Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, won the Democratic nomination to become Susan Collins’ challenger for a seat in the Senate. Collins…
COVID cases in Pittsburgh are surging
Charles Xue Recently, Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh, has been experiencing a surge in cases after reopening. In fact, there have been more cases in the last few weeks than…
Fracking Wells Fail Big-Time While Executives Profit
Evan Mei MDC Oil filed for bankruptcy eight months ago, and one of its wells has been leaking methane, a greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere at an alarming rate. Things…
A Record-Breaking 5.4 Million Lose Health Coverage
Grace Zhang An estimated 5.4 million individuals were stripped from health insurance due to the financial crisis caused by COVID-19. With companies under financial stress, many are let go, resulting…
Chains
By: Shriyan Ahuja 9/10 The book “Chains” is the first book in the series “Seeds of America” by Laurie Halse Anderson. In this book, the…
Wonder
By: Hannah Qian Wonder, by R.J. Palacio, is the story of a 10 year old boy, August, who has a deformed face and has never been to public school before….